Kathy Gannon, chief correspondent, Islamabad, who negotiated rare, exclusive access to Afghanistan’s notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison, where she was able to interview Taliban prisoners without supervision by guards or prison officials. The prisoners see a peace deal being hammered out between the United States and the Taliban as their ticket to freedom. https://bit.ly/2T3bxlo
In Afghanistan, jailed Taliban await peace, their freedom
Prisoner Maulvi Niaz Mohammad, 45, second from right, speaks during an interview with AP’s Kathy Gannon, foreground left, inside the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2019.
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